Project Gutenberg 2008-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 168 Wallace, Edgar 1875 1932 Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Jack O' Judgment Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by D. Alexander, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Jack O' Judgment" by Edgar Wallace is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces a grim world of crime and intrigue, centering on characters embroiled in moral ambiguity, particularly Colonel Dan Boundary, a businessman with questionable ethics, and Stafford King, the chief of the Criminal Intelligence Department. The narrative unfolds amidst the backdrop of murder, deception, and a mysterious figure known as Jack o' Judgment, whose actions seemingly orchestrate the events surrounding the lives of these characters. The opening of "Jack O' Judgment" immerses the reader in a chilling crime right from the start—Snow Gregory, a drug addict and gambler, is found murdered, only for the investigation to reveal a playing card, the Jack of Clubs, which becomes symbolic in the unfolding tale. The narrative shifts quickly to Colonel Boundary, who is drawn into paranoia when he receives another playing card marked with "Jack o' Judgment," seemingly threatening him. In parallel, we meet Stafford King, a calm and methodical detective tasked with unraveling the intricacies of Boundary's dealings. As the story progresses, it hints at deeper conflicts and multilayered relationships, especially as they concern the gang led by the colonel, foreshadowing a battle between law enforcement and the underworld amidst quests for power and redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories, English PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature 473612 473613 2024-10-10T14:18:28.262707 2023-09-11T06:13:10.668091 text/html text/html 484038 2013-08-15T06:31:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 168563 2013-08-15T06:32:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 257404 2024-10-10T14:18:40.757637 application/epub+zip 261085 2024-10-10T14:18:32.989681 application/epub+zip 244336 2024-10-10T14:18:30.595676 application/epub+zip 495901 2024-10-10T14:18:46.711589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446046 2024-10-10T14:18:39.388616 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422198 2022-09-11T11:47:47.789894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431829 431625 2024-10-10T14:18:26.010706 2023-09-11T06:13:08.996576 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 431651 2013-08-15T06:31:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 160138 2013-08-15T06:32:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 431644 2013-08-15T06:30:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 160089 2013-08-15T06:32:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21449 2024-10-10T14:18:47.342576 application/rdf+xml 13686 2024-10-10T14:18:31.652731 image/jpeg 3554 2024-10-10T14:18:31.137665 image/jpeg 241064 2024-10-10T14:18:28.301702 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia